Method and system for an integrated public safety solution

ABSTRACT

A system and method of communicating, coordinating, tracking, and integrating the activities of at least one emergency service provider is disclosed. Possible emergency service providers include police, ambulance and fire, within a single community and among service providers in different communities.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/905,701 filed Nov. 18, 20113; and to U.S. application Ser. No. 14/213,995 filed Mar. 14, 2014 which application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/792,517 filed Mar. 15, 2013. All of the aforementioned applications, including any appendices thereto, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties as if fully set forth herein.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates generally to the field of emergency communications, and more specifically, to an integrated public safety solution.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Coordination among different first-responder agencies, such as police, ambulance and fire, within a community and among agencies in different communities is critical to the well-being of such community(ies). Consequently, a system and/or method that allows tracking, in real-time or as near to real-time as is technologically possible, of the location, velocity and bearing of emergency vehicles would be beneficial. Moreover, a system and/or method that allows a comprehensive review of coordination efforts after an emergency event of emergency vehicles responding to such event would be likewise beneficial.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In accordance with preferred embodiments of the present invention, a system and method for coordinating first-responder agencies, such as police, ambulance and fire, within a community and among agencies in different communities, and integrating communication and management of various emergency service providers is described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The contents of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/905,701, including: the Appendices attached thereto, comprising 5,366 pages (wherein AppendixPart01.pdf comprises pages 1-900; AppendixPart02.pdf comprises pages 901-1800; AppendixPart03.pdf comprises pages 1801-3000; AppendixPart04.pdf comprises pages 3001-4000; AppendixPart05.pdf comprises pages 4001-4850; and AppendixPart06.pdf comprises pages 4851-5366), are hereby incorporated by reference into this specification in their entirety.

This patent application is intended to describe one or more embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the use of absolute terms, such as “must,” “will,” and the like, as well as specific quantities, is to be construed as being applicable to one or more of such embodiments, but not necessarily to all such embodiments. As such, embodiments of the invention may omit, or include a modification of, one or more features or functionalities described in the context of such absolute terms.

Embodiments of the invention may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules being executed by a computer. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Embodiments of the invention may also be practiced in distributed-computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including memory storage devices.

According to one or more embodiments, the combination of software or computer-executable instructions with a computer-readable medium results in the creation of a machine or apparatus. Similarly, the execution of software or computer-executable instructions by a processing device results in the creation of a machine or apparatus, which may be distinguishable from the processing device, itself, according to an embodiment.

Further, it is to be understood that a computer-readable medium is transformed by storing software or computer-executable instructions thereon. Likewise, a processing device is transformed in the course of executing software or computer-executable instructions. Additionally, it is to be understood that a first set of data input to a processing device during, or otherwise in association with, the execution of software or computer-executable instructions by the processing device is transformed into a second set of data as a consequence of such execution. This second data set may subsequently be stored, displayed, or otherwise communicated. Such transformation, alluded to in each of the above examples, may be a consequence of or otherwise involve, the physical alteration of portions of a computer-readable medium. Such transformation, alluded to in each of the above examples, may also be a consequence of, or otherwise involve, the physical alteration of, for example, the states of registers and/or counters associated with a processing device during execution of software or computer-executable instructions by the processing device.

As used herein, a process that is performed “automatically” may mean that the process is performed as a result of machine-executed instructions and does not, other than the establishment of user preferences, require manual effort.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, as noted above, many changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, the method and system may be applied to non-emergency service providers, such as mail and package delivery, grocery delivery, large scale transportation operations such as shipping and airlines. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is not limited by the disclosure of the preferred embodiment. Instead, the invention should be determined entirely by reference to the claims that follow. 

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
 1. A computer-implementable method of coordinating actions with a set of at least one emergency service provider, the method comprising the steps of: communicating with at least one of the emergency service providers; receiving communication from the at least one of the emergency service providers; providing the communications with and communications from the at least one of the emergency service providers in an integrated emergency communication system. 